Advertising automaton.



D: F. BRQWN. ADVERTISING AUTOMATON. AFPLIOATION FILED we. 2, 1907.

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DANIEL F. BROWN, OF SOUTH FRAMINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS.

ADVERTISING AUTOM rrroivy Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 5, 1909.

Applicationfiled August 2, 1907. Serial No. 386,725.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. BROWN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at South Framingham, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusettalhave invented certainnew and useful Improvements in- Advertising Automatons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvementsin automatons for advertising purposes and particularly to such automatons as are adapted to advertise smokers supplies; and an object 'of my invention is to provide an automaton which will prove simple in construction, cheap in manufacture and eificient in operation. v

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my new, automa-.

ton, parts being broken away to disclose the interior mechanism; Fig. 2 is a side eleva mounted free to tilt (as shown at a,

tion of my new automaton; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line BB of Fig. 1; and

'Fig. 4 is a detail showing the valve controllin the emission of steam.

he body. part 2 of the casing is mounted" .upon a suita le support, as the stool 3; and upon the upper portion of the bOCl 2 i? i 1 the head 4. The stool 3 is provided wi th a shelf 5 11 on which is supported an electric motor j elt connected with the pulley 6 upon the shaft s, which may be re arded as the driving shaft. The ends of the atter are journaled-in the brackets 23 securedto the sides of the body 2 (Fig. 1) The shaft 8 carlies a cam on which rubs against a cam Z upon the shaft 1', the latter being also journaled in the brackets t. The cam 1' is connected by a link-rod 0 with the head 4; and as the cain Z is rocked by the cam s, the former communicates through the link-rod 0 a rocking motion to the head 4. The latter carries a pipe d which extends from a valve 1) to the opening 8 which represents the mouth a of the automaton; and as the head 4 tilts back and forth upon its pivots a under the influence of the cam Z, the valve 1) is turned and is alternately opened and closed to permit and arrest the flow of steam from the boiler it through the pipes 9 and d to the mouth opening 8. The valve b is shown in detail in Fig. 4. The opening 15 is brought intermittently into register with the pipe 9,'

whereby steam is permitted to flow from the latter through the opening 15 into the pipe cl and thence through the mouth. The intermittent flow of steam from the mouth 0 ening 8 simulates the emission of smoke rom the mouth ofa smoker. A receptacle 7c is mounted upon the shelf 5 and into it drips the water arising from the steam condensed in the mouth opening 8, the water being led through the pipes 10 and c which are connecte by a flexible joint 6.

One of the arms, preferably the right arm 7 has embedded in it a crank-arm 22 mounted fast upon one end of the shaft q journaled in the brackets t and carrying a cam it. against which rubs the cam m upon the driving shaft 8. Thus, the cam m serves to actuate both the cams Z and n and thereby to rock the rock-shafts r and g and to tilt the head 4 and swing the arm 7. The cams Z. 'm and n are so timed in their action that the movements of the head and arm produced by them and the emission of the steam va orfrom the mouth opening 8 are in simu ation of the movements of the head and arm of a smoker in pufiing at a cigar. One end of a cord 0' is attached to the arm 7 at 1) upon the forearm 13 while its'other end is attached to the body 2 at a.

Below the shelf 5 and adjacent to the boiler it there is place a1 electric battery i the terminals of which tre connected one to the wire f and the other to the wire g. The wire f leads to a contact-plate c in the mouth opening 8; while the wire 9 leads to one terminal of an incandescentelectric lamp 0: the outside of which is made to resemble ashes on the end of the imitation cigar w mounted betweentwo of the fingers 11 formed on the hand 12 on the fore-arm 13. The imitation cigar w is provided with a contact-plate 2 formed upon the other terminal (the one to which the wire 9 is not connected) of the lamps. A narrow space y separates the ashes m from the outer end of the imitation cigar in. As the head 4 is allowed by the cam Z to fall forward and the arm 7 is swung complete the circuit.

suitable source of electricity,

-'-tric lamp carried by sai ed as to produce a dwell The cam m is so sha c mouth opening 8.

of the hand 12 at t -I claim; v

1. In an automaton, the combination with V of a body part; a head partmounted thereon; an arm mounted freeto swing on said bodypart; mechanism for said arm; an elecarm and, connected with one terminal of said source; and a con- I tact plate mounted in said head art and connected with the other terinina of said ga suitable source of electricity,

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ism for swing said flexible ar 'm mounted free to swing on said body part; mechanism for swinging said arm; an electric lamp carried by said arm and connectedwith the other terminal of said source; and means for flexing said arm to carry said lamp against said plate when said arm is swung. -3. In an automaton, the combination with-- a suitable source of electricity, of a body art; a head part mounted thereon and ormed' with a mouth opening; a contact plate mounted in said opening and connected with one terminal of said source; a

'35V ed free to swing on said body part; mechanflexible arm formed with a hand and mountmg said arm; an electric lamp shaped in imitation of a smokable device and y other terminal of said source;

connected with the other terminal of said source; and means for flexing said arm to carry said lamp against said plate.

11 an automaton, the combination with .a suitable source of electricity, of a head part; a contact plate mounted therein and connected with one terminal of said source;

an armmounted free to swlng; mechanism,

for swinging said arm; and an electric lamp carried. by said arm and connected withythe said lamp and plate being brought into electrical'connec tion by the swinging of said arm, whereby, a current of electricity is made to flow through said lamp and Ca. se it to glow.

ii an automaton, the combination'with a 'suitable source of electricity, of a head art electrically connected with one termina of said source; an arm mounted free to swing; an electrical device carried by sald arm and connected with the other terminal of said source; and mechanism for swinging said .arm' towards saidhead part ,to com lete thecircuit through said device from sai source. 5

6. In an automaton, thecombination with a suitablesource 0f;0l6C$1'10llZy,, 0f-"8 movable the other head Ipart electrically connected with one terlhina of said source; an arm mounted free to swing; an electrical device carried by said arm and connected with the other terminal of said source; and mechanism for moving said -arm .and head part towards each other to through said" device from complete the circuit said source. c

7. In an automaton; the-combination of a body part having a movable head and a movable arm; a driving shaft; a can; mounted thereon; acam connected with said head for rocking the same; and a cam connected with said', arm for swinging the same; the first-- named cam being arranged to rub against the other two cams for actuating them.

8. -In an automaton, the combinationof a body part; atwo-part arm, one part of which is pivotally fastened to'said body part and to art of said arm; and means indeendent o and free from connection with the first-named part of said arm for connecting the last-named part of said arm to said body part.

body; 'a two-part arm, one part of which is pivotally fastened to said body and to. the

other part of said arm; means inde enden' of and free from connection with t e firstnamed part of said arm ,for connecting the last-named part thereof to said body; and mechanism connected with the firstrname'd 9. In an automaton, the combination of a part of said arm for swinging the same,,said

means thereupon causing the free outer end of the last-named part of said arm to turn on the first-named part thereof.

. 10. In an 'automaton,the combination of a body provided with a head having an open-- ing; a two-part arm, one part, of which is pivotally connected to said body and to the other dpart of said arm; means inde endent of an free from connection with t e firstnamed part of said arm for connectingthc last-named part thereof to said body; and

mechanism .connected with the first-named part of said arm for swinging the same, said means-thereupon drawing the free outer end of the lastrnamed part of said arm towards said 0 ening.

11. 11 an automaton, the combination of a head; a swinging arm; a device carried by said arm and made preparation 12. In an automaton, the comblnation of a head; a swinging arm; a device carried by .said'arm and made in imitation 'of .a smokable preparation; means for carrying said device a ainst said head; and elect1icallycontrolle means tor causing said device to glow when in contact with said head.

13, In an automaton, the combination 01 a head formed .with an opening; a swinging arm; a device ca'rried by said arm andmade imitation of a tobacco and 'electricallycontrolled means for causing said device to low.

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in imitation" ofa'. smokable preparation; sixth day of July, 1907, in the presence Of the gneans fgrga said devifizego said ppefntwo undersigned witnesses. mg an e eetnca y-eontro e means drcausing said device to glow when in said DANIEL BROWN E opening. Witnesses: v

Inw1tness whereof I have hereunto set my J OHN S. EVERETT,

hand at said South Framingham .this twenty HORACE W. OAKS. 

